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My brakes are doing something strange. I press the brake pedal; the pedal goes partially down. Then, the brakes make a clunk and I can feel the pedal press back toward me as if the pressure increased in the line? Joe -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:24 AM To: Type 3 mailing list Subject: Re: [T3] wheel bearings, etc. On 23 Mar 2003 at 22:35, Earthman? wrote: > After replacing all my ball joints & tie rod ends I set about checking my wheel > bearings before lowering Brisby to the ground. As it turns out, one of my outers > is in need of replacement, starting to pit & fleck metal.. for the purpose of > roughing my alignment in (so I can drive her down to a real shop) I decided to > simply repack that bearing with fresh grease and drive lightly. Anyone advise > against a few miles on the car until the offending bearing is replaced? I'm sure you can get away with this, but I'm puzzled, why not just replace the bearing since you already have it apart? > OTOH, while enjoying this new found firmness (even while suspended:) in the > outer branches of the steering, my attention is drawn to a healthy bit of slop > in the steering box itself. I'll be giving this a run through per the Bentley > manual tomorrow. Any real world addendums to this out there?? Make sure the flex coupling disk is in good condition. You may find that the play you have is normal for this car. "A healthy bit of slop" is pretty subjective, so this may be what all of us have. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org